Alumni Outcomes

Matthew Tuszynski

Class of 2010

When the time came for San Diego
native Matthew Tuszynski ’10 to declare his undergraduate major, he first
thought about what he loved doing.

“I
said, well, I love doing video work, so maybe I’ll check out the TV/Radio
Department,” he remembers. He also loved his Catholic faith, so he
double-majored in Communication Arts (Radio/TV) and Theology.

Starting
with what he loved led to a career in doing what he loves: Tuszynski now holds
his “dream job” as an audio engineer for Catholic Answers in his hometown of
San Diego.

“It was the
perfect combination of majors for what I went into,” says Matthew. Day in and
day out, he uses the skills he learned at Franciscan to manage equipment and
assist in production for a two-hour, question-and-answer live radio show that
airs on more than 250 stations.

Technically
speaking, it’s not always a simple job. “Things go wrong all the time in this
field,” he says, adding that employers want to hire people who not only can
operate the equipment but can fix problems and figure out what they don’t
already know.

Those
troubleshooting skills, Matthew says, are ones he began honing as an
undergraduate by immersing himself in the equipment and software available in
the labs, and by not being afraid to ask for help from his professors.

“Radio/TV at
Franciscan is a very self-motivating program,” he explains. “It has all the
opportunities for a student to get really good in this field. But you have to
go after it!

Tuszynski
says that a motivated student who takes advantage of the opportunities at
Franciscan—using the technology, learning the software, working
behind-the-scenes for programs like Franciscan
University Presents—will be well prepared to enter the work world.

Not only skill-wise, but also, on
a deeper level, Matthew says, Franciscan’s program offers the unique dimension
of schooling students in faith alongside academics.

“In this program, you can build technical skills,
and also form yourself as a person,” he says. “It’s a great starting point for
your life.”

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